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I am feeling so overwhelmed and exhausted with all of the treatments. Please send some positive thoughts my way. I am in tears.

Help please, I am to have a mastectomy after a failed lumpectomy and feeling overwhelmed. Any words of encouragement are greatly appreciated. Karen

Since July, I have been taking the estrogen blocking medication Letrozole and since then blood sugar control has been subject the huge and unreliable spikes. I am now take double to triple Novo Rapid and 35% more Lantus. It is frustrating to now have to guess how much insulin to administer...

While suffering a bad low, my neighbor stepped in to tell me to get over it and that it was nothing to worry about because diabetes isn't serious like some other disease. I wanted to let her have it, but was to weak to try to reason with her. How do you deal with ignorant comments such as this?

Due to running a bit on the low side at night, my doctor advised me to change the timing of my long acting insulin. I was taking Lantus (7units) at 9 pm and over a week have changed from 9pm to 9am. I felt like this drastic time change would be hard on me so I changed gradually by taking 6...

I went to a new eye doctor and was/am furious with the lack of knowledge about diabetes care. I made sure to specifically state that I am a type 1 diabetic and ask to see a doctor who has significant experience with diabetic patients. The quack didn't even know the difference between type 1...

As you are a wealth of information, I would like to ask your opinions. I was diagnosed type 1 in March this year at 50 years old. 9 years ago I saw my primary care doctor because I was having lows, quite frequently, especially when exercising. At that time, my doctor said that I was boarderline...

I am struggling with going low during exercise. I am training for mountain climbing, thus do some very intense workouts twice a week 2 hours each session (very fast nordic walking and running up and down hills) easier workouts 3-4 days a week 1-2 hour each session (biking or walking) and...

It is funny, but it is not :) I am type 1 and recently had a conversation with a well meaning know it all non-diabetic who insisted that I must take insulin not carbs when I am low. Of course, there is always the you can't eat sugar discussion. I tried to explain that I could have carbs and...

I am fairly new (diagnosed t1 in March, 2016) and would like some advice. About 25% of the time my morning bg is higher than when I test before going to bed and this is happening with more frequency. It is not at all crazy out of control, but I am wondering if it indicates that my Lantus (6...

I am struggling with anxiety and severe adrenaline surges lasting for several hours at a time. I am noticing many more hypos and wonder if there is a correlation with the adrenaline that makes me go low. Often the low is very sudden and I am not aware until it us considerably low. I am trying...

I just had a very sudden low without any warning. It happened so quickly and I almost passed out before I realized what was happening. Fortunately, I was home and able to think clearly enough to get something to eat when I just wanted to fall on the floor and stay there. Not to be overly...

In March, after a week in hospital, I was diagnosed with type 1. My BS at arrival was 650. At first, I was in denial and had difficulties accepting the diagnosis, then thought perhaps I just have a mild case. I am accepting the diagnosis, but there is still a slight dought in my mind. My...

I was diagnosed type 1 in March and feeling a bit overwhelmed with so many new things at once. What do you do when you are overwhelmed to calm yourself?